Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake

Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-13 : 9781590303405
ISBN-10 : 1590303407
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Book Synopsis Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake by : Zen Master Seung Sahn

Download or read book Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake written by Zen Master Seung Sahn and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2006-08-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from “don’t-know mind.” It is from this “before-thinking” nature, he taught, that true compassion and the desire to serve others naturally arises. This collection of teaching stories, talks, and spontaneous dialogues with students offers readers a fresh and immediate encounter with one of the great Zen masters of the twentieth century.


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